Thunderkick, an independent slots studio, has unveiled Esqueleto Explosivo 3, the newest addition to its well-received series inspired by the Day of the Dead festival. This latest iteration introduces the Cluster Pays mechanism and boasts the highest potential for wins thus far.
Dia del muerto
The game features the familiar colorful skulls in a larger 5×5 grid layout. The utilization of the Cluster Pays mechanic means that players can achieve a win by landing five or more matching symbols in adjacent positions.
Cascading Wins feature
Continuing with the tradition of the series, Esqueleto Explosivo 3 includes the Cascading Wins feature. When a player secures a winning combination, the skulls explode, leaving behind either a regular wild or an explosivo wild. The latter type of wild destroys symbols in a 3×3 area, opening up possibilities for new symbols to appear.
Free spins
In line with its predecessors, the base game win and the explosivo wild both increase the Mucho multiplier. Furthermore, obtaining three scatter symbols triggers the bonus round, offering 10 initial free spins.
During the bonus round, each Explosivo Wild that lands is accumulated below the reels. Every third wild acquired awards an additional spin and eliminates the lowest base multiplier. Thunderkick has boosted the maximum multiplier from 32x to an impressive 1,024x, consequently raising the potential maximum win from 5,000x to 7,500x.
Esqueleto Explosivo 3 showcases Thunderkick’s dedication to providing engaging gameplay. The incorporation of the Cluster Pays mechanism and the enhanced win potential are expected to enhance player involvement and interest in this iconic series.
Mike Collins, Game Product Owner at Thunderkick, said:
Every iteration of the Esqueleto Explosivo series has been bigger and better than the last. From 32x multipliers and 700x win potential in the original to 1,024x multipliers and 7,500x win potential in the latest release, we continually strive to optimise the player experience.
The series is undoubtedly our most successful, and we hope that Esqueleto Explosivo 3 will resonate with fans of the first two titles, as well as attract new players to Thunderkick games on behalf of our global partners.”
Review Overview
Summary
Esqueleto Explosivo 3 slot retains its classic Mexican dead or muertos theme with colourful skulls and latin guitar music. There's a 5x5 grid with tumbles for wins of 5+ adjacent symbols and each cluster win adds a wild or Explosivo wild to the grid. The pays are highest for 15+ clusters ranging from 150 down to 20x bet and in play there's a doubling multiplier for each tumble up to a maximum of 32x, but in the bonus 1024x. The Explosivo wild removes all symbols in a 3x3 block around it except wilds, scatter and high pays. Three scatters awards 10 spins with 2 in the bonus awarding 3 and three awarding 5. Each Explosivo wild helps fill a meter below the reels and awards +1 spin as well as doubling the multiplier scale, maximum 1024x. An utterly explosive 7,500x bet could make a big boom to your bankroll here.
The Pros
Colourful game with good sounds and music Good wins possible in base game via multipliers Free games very entertaining with high max winThe Cons
Multiplier progress can be frustrating to watch Free games trigger near misses quite frequent Bonus round very rare to get near maximum potential- Gameplay7
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